Couldn't resist, I installed the Irish Tour PG yesterday. Didn't mess up, although initially for some reason I got no sound at all. Bit of jiggling with the wires and everything worked.
By the time I'd finished, it was a quarter to ten, so couldn't put too much playing time in.
First impression : the JTM doesn't like these any better than it did the stock pickups :? I'm starting to think there may be something wrong with the amp...
But, on to the pickups.
Compared to the stocks they have loads more output and plenty of balls. Rather noisy though.
Into the JCM unboosted they deliver a pleasant thump. Boosted with a Little Big Muff, it was juicy, greasy and huge. But very noisy. Going to put some more play time in this evening. I'll throw a noise gate in front to see how that works out. I had the TV on yesterday as well, that does generate quite some noise for certain pickups.
My first impression, however, is very positive in general. The neck pickup is very rounded, but I love the bite of the bridge. I'll need to play a lot more and compare to my American Standard, but this may well be the best sounding bridge single coil I've played yet. The neck pickup, in comparison, seems a bit polite. The three middle positions act as one would expect.
